The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority says public transport is limited and 'poorly integrated'.
A "significant increase" in bus services in the Yorkshire Dales is needed to cut car usage, the national park's leaders will say later.Local councils should push to make public transport "a viable alternative" to driving, the authority will urge.82% of visitors to the Yorkshire Dales arrive by car, surveys suggest.
Car travel accounts for 25% of the national parks carbon footprint and caused congestion on summer weekends and bank holidays, it added, calling for better integration of bus and rail services so people did not have to drive. The YDNPA said it hoped to influence councils and operators to improve services, which it said fail to "meet the needs of either visitors or residents".
All "key visitor destinations" should be accessible by public transport seven days a week, said the authority, which noted some popular hotspots had no service on some weekdays even during summer.
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